I saw it all from my green sky.
I had no more alphabet
that the swallows in their courses,
the tiny shining water
of the small bird on fire
which dances out of the pollen.
- Pablo Neruda
If we consider possibility that dinosaurs evolved into birds, imagine Brontosaurus Rex shrink into a hummingbird body. What a change had to occur from a bulky creature who walked on thick legs and shook the earth with each step?
An amazement of technology, a hummingbird can fly upside down and backwards while dipping its beak and tongue into flower nectar.
Where did the jewel of glitter first open its eyes? In Peru and other South American countries a variety of hummingbirds exist. They went to the rain forest and the high peaks of the Andes. They arrived in Argentina and Mexico. One species even made it to Alaska.
The Quechan people of present-day Ecuador tell stories of how the hummingbird represents a variety of attributes such as wisdom, optimism and agility. One story tells of a fire in a forest where many animals live. The hummingbird carries single drops of water back and forth from the pond to try to put out the firs. When the other animals ask why, the bird replies, "I am doing what I can."
Creative Write: What story could you craft today about an animal "doing what it can?"
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